Hands off the public's park

1:05 PM,
May 17, 2014

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First and last thing to remember about our dear, and apparently threatened, Toro Regional Park is that those 4,800 acres are sacred land to Monterey County residents.

Doesn't matter whether you want to build a roller-coaster or an outdoor shrine or, as this idea suggests, formal baseball fields, a soccer field plus space for a concession trailer.

All would be installed on the park's lower picnic section. So far, it's an idea with plans, but plans which have yet to be formally submitted to the county. The idea is being floated by Warren Wayland and Fire Chief Mike Urquides of the fire station in ...